...have I told you lately how much I love you people?
Thank you beautiful Purps, yes we ARE most DEFINITELY responsible for our own healing, for the body as well as the mind. Let's put it this way... it doesn't even matter how good the docs or the meds are, if we ourselves are not participating in (or taking charge of) the process!
And you are right, Scott77, together on this forum we really are a "therapist at large". At large in more ways than one I suppose!
And Billy tha EX!!! You made me laugh out loud with your "Therapy shmerapy!"
And for this quote of yours...
See, you're not some broken clock that needs to be fixed, it's the rest of the world that's cuckoo.
I have JUST the thing! 
See? I'm feeling better already!